"The Day We Set Sail" genre: Folk Rock
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	A celtic influenced folk rock tune, of which the full title actually is "The Day We Set Sail (To Go and Hunt the Whale)". And this time the whale wins.
	MP3.com CD: Sweet Lady of Flowers - buy it! Credits: (c) Tale 2002. Written by Theo Niessink. Acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drum computer, electric guitar, harmonica, keyboards (strings), mandolin, vocals - Theo Niessink.
	Story Behind the Song Take a little "Moby Dick", and then naturally a little Bible too, add a little "The Greenland Whale Fisheries", and this song is what you will get. "Despite an international moratorium on commercial whaling, two countries, Japan and Norway, are continuing to hunt whales for profit. These nations are aggressively campaigning to lift the ban on whaling. With a return to large scale whaling just a hair's breadth away, we urgently need to take action to stop Japan and Norway's efforts. Greenpeace is working on many fronts, fighting to stop commercial whaling through political work, public outreach and by taking non-violent direct action against the whalers at sea." - Greenpeace, http://whales.greenpeace.org/ Lyrics THE DAY WE SET SAIL (TO GO AND HUNT THE WHALE) Waves higher than the main mast Blood stains all over the deck The winds chasing us The waves beating us Lightning pointing at us Thunder cursing us The day we set sail to go and hunt the whale Days longer than years Sunrise, sunset, split-second The winds laughed at us The stars forgot us The rains cried for us The seabirds warned us The day we set sail to go and hunt the whale Frozen looks of greed On the faces of lost heroes The tide, it fought us Shadows heaved at us Yet fire burnt in us While dark clouds hid us The day we set sail to go and hunt the whale Eyes staring at the main mast The first mate crucified Faith then left us Time waited for us The moon bled for us A child born dead for us The day we set sail to go and hunt the whale We fired a thousand harpoons We screamed a million cries But the whale, pale as the moon When I looked him in the eyes I saw The living god of the seas The son of the mother Earth In the dawning of the day Predator became prey Few men reached the shore Barely alive, just to tell you this tale Of the day we set sail to go and hunt the whale

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